JPH05219867A - Electric reel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an electric reel capable of winding fishline at a proper speed when a fish took the hook, while capable of winding the fishline at high speed when any fish has not taken the hook. CONSTITUTION:The objective electric reel is equipped with (A) a speed setting switch 14 to regulate the driving speed of an electric motor 10 for driving a spool 5, (B) a sensor S to measure the load on the electric motor 10, and (C) a control means 16 to drive the electric motor 10 at a speed higher than the set speed by a speed setting switch 14 when the sensor S gives a load lower than a specified value in driving the electric motor 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric reel, and more particularly to a technique for adjusting the drive speed of an electric motor for driving a rotating body (spool) for winding fishing line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Taking a relatively small electric reel used for fishing boats as an example, conventionally, in this kind of reel, an electric motor is built in a rotating body (spool) and the electric motor is controlled by a micro-reel. Those equipped with a dedicated control device having a processor are also commercially available, and this control device is configured not only to drive and stop the electric motor, but also to control the drive speed of the electric motor. Incidentally, this type of reel is provided with a dedicated switch for starting and stopping the electric motor, and a speed setting switch such as a slide operation type or a button type for controlling the speed of the electric motor.

[0003]

Here, considering fishing with an electric reel, this type of reel is often used for fishing on a relatively deep shelf.
The fishing line can be easily rolled up without the need for the fisherman to wind it up.

Further, in actual fishing, when the fishing line is caught by a fish and the fishing line is wound up, the fishing line is wound up and the fishing line is wound up according to the fish species (horse mackerel, squid, etc.) (drive speed of the electric motor).
It is usual to artificially adjust the fish, and in this case, the larger the fish, the less the fishing line is cut, and in the types of fish that tend to cause cuts and creases such as horse mackerel and squid, these Choose a low drive speed to avoid the inconvenience of, while changing the bait of the work, or
When replenishing Komase, a high winding speed is selected in terms of efficiency.

However, if the fish to be fished is large, or if it is apt to cause cuts and creases such as horse mackerel and squid, the aforementioned switches may be set to the low speed drive position. In many cases, when trying to change the bait of the work in such a situation, it is necessary to operate the drive speed adjustment switch and the like to the speed increasing side together with the start operation of the electric motor, which is troublesome. After the drive speed adjustment switch is operated in this manner, when the device is turned on again, it is necessary to restore the adjustment switch to the original operation state, and there is room for improvement in terms of operability.

The object of the present invention is to enable the cutting of the fishing line when the fish is moved, or the winding of the fishing line at an appropriate speed that does not cause creases or creases. If no fish is hanging,
The point is to rationally configure an electric reel that enables winding of fishing line at high speed without bothering an angler.

[0007]

A feature of the present invention is to provide an electric motor for driving a rotating body for winding fishing line, a speed change means for adjusting a driving speed of the electric motor, and a function for the electric motor. And a control means for driving the electric motor at a speed higher than the set speed of the speed change means when a load equal to or less than a preset value is measured when the electric motor is driven. The operation and effect are as follows.

[0008]

If the above-mentioned features are configured as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, for example, during actual fishing, a large fish is targeted, and the speed setting means 14 (speed setting switch) is set to a low speed to catch the fish. When the start switch 12 is operated,
When the fishing line 4 is wound up at a drive speed that does not cause the fishing line 4 to be cut, and when the speed setting means 14 (speed setting switch) is set to a low speed in this way, when changing the bait of the tackle, the start switch By operating 13, the electric motor 10 is activated to start winding the fishing line 4, and at the same time, the control means 16 determines the light load at the time of winding through the sensor S, and the speed setting means 14 operates. The electric motor 10 will be driven faster than the setting.

That is, according to the present invention, when the take-up speed of the fishing line 4 (driving speed of the electric motor 10) is set to a low value and the start switch 12 is simply operated and no fish is caught, this state is set. To automatically increase the winding speed of the fishing line 4, and when the fish is hanging, the fishing line 4 can be wound at the speed set by the angler.

Further, according to the present invention, the fishing line 4 can be automatically wound at high speed in this way, and at the same time, when the tackle is re-introduced and fish is caught after the bait of the tackle is changed, The fishing line 4 can be wound at the speed selected by the speed setting means 14 without any special operation.

[0011]

As described above, the fishing line can be wound at an appropriate speed so that the fishing line will not be cut when the fish is brought near, or the fish will not be cut and squid will not be cut off. The electric reel was rationally constructed so that the fishing line could be wound up at high speed without bothering the angler when the fish was not hanging like when the fish was replaced.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, between the left and right side cases 1 and 1, a level winding mechanism including a thread guide tool 3 that is reciprocally driven in the left and right direction by driving a screw shaft 2,
Each spool 5 as a rotating body for winding the fishing line 4 is arranged, and a drag operation tool 6, a handle 7, and a clutch lever 8 are provided outside the right side case 1, respectively.
A control case 9 is provided between the upper parts of the left and right side cases 1, 1, and an electric motor 10 for driving the spool 5 in the winding direction is built into the spool 5 to form an electric reel as a fishing reel. To do.

The clutch lever 8 has a clutch mechanism C interposed in a transmission system of the handle 7 and the spool 5.
It is operated to switch between the entry position and the cutting position.
The clutch mechanism C is configured so that it can be switched between an on position and a disengaged position also by an actuator (not shown), and this actuator is operated in automatic shake control described later.

The control case 9 has a liquid crystal display 1 for displaying the amount of the fishing line 4 delivered from the spool 5.
1, a start switch 12 for driving and stopping the electric motor 10, a plurality of control switches 13, ..., A speed setting switch 14 for setting the fishing line winding speed in three stages of “high”, “medium” and “low” ( An example of speed change means), each of which is provided with a pair of reed switches 15 and a control device 1 as a control means.
Interior 6

The left side case 1 is internally provided with a wheel 17 which meshes with a gear 5A formed on the spool 5 and rotates in cooperation with the spool 5, and the reed switch 15
Counts the rotation amount of the spool 5 by the action of the magnet M attached to the wheel 17, and when the fishing line 4 is paid out, the spool is determined by the data set in the control device 16 and the data obtained by the reed switch 15. The feeding amount of the fishing line 4 from 5 is calculated and output to the liquid crystal display 11.

Further, the left side case 1 is provided with a yarn length measuring tool T having a roller 20 rotatably mounted on an arm portion 19 which is configured to be swingable around a shaft 18, and this tool T is This data is used when setting the above-mentioned data in the control device 16 (hereinafter referred to as learning). During this learning, the fishing line 4 is wound around the spool 5 in an empty state, and as shown in FIG. By bringing the roller 20 into contact with the fishing line 4 wound around the spool 5, the actual length data of the fishing line 4 from the tool T and the rotation data of the spool 5 from the reed switch 15 are converted into map data or the like. The control device 1 is converted into predetermined data.
6 is stored.

The arm portion 19 of the tool T is linked with an actuator (not shown) for switching the roller 20 between a position where the roller 20 comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the fishing line 4 wound around the spool 5 and a position where the roller 20 is separated therefrom. Also, it is used to suppress backlash by setting the roller 20 to a position where it comes into contact with the fishing line 20 during the automatic scraping control described later.

The control system of this reel is shown in FIG. 1, and the control device 16 includes the plurality of control switches 1
3, signals from the start switch 12, the speed setting switch 14, and the tool T are input, and signals are output to the liquid crystal display 11 and the transistor 21 that controls the electric motor 10, and when the electric motor 10 is driven. After the voltage signal from the resistor R that converts the current value into a voltage signal is digitized, the signal from the load sensor S including the A / D converter 22 that is input to the control device 16 is input.

Further, in this reel, when the start-up switch 12 is operated with the winding speed of the fishing line 4 (driving speed of the electric motor 10) set to a low value and no fish is caught, this state is grasped. A program for automatically increasing the hoisting speed of the fishing line 4 and for hoisting the fishing line 4 at a speed set by the angler when a fish is hanging is set in the control device 16. ..

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, when the start switch 12 is turned on, the speed control operation inputs a signal from the speed setting switch 14 to grasp the setting status (step # 101). ~ Step # 103), if the speed is set to medium speed or low speed, based on the signal from the load sensor S, if the load is larger than a predetermined value, it means that fish is in the process. Judgment is made and the electric motor 10 is driven at each speed (#
(Steps 104 to # 109), or when the speed is set to high speed and the load is smaller than a predetermined value, the electric motor 10 is driven at high speed for the purpose of increasing the fishing efficiency (# 110 step).

The driving speed of the electric motor 10 is controlled by changing the supply time of the intermittent signal supplied to the electric motor 10 by the so-called PWM control for changing the ratio of ON time and OFF time. After the control, the automatic shake control is performed to intermittently drive the electric motor 10 at this drive speed at intervals of about several seconds (# 111 step).

In step # 101, the start switch 12
Is not turned on, or when the start switch 12 is turned off during driving, the stopped state of the electric motor 10 is maintained, or the electric motor 1
The driving of 0 is stopped (step # 112).

The automatic scraping control is set in the form of a subroutine as shown in FIG.
When intermittent operation of the electric motor 10 is started by turning on a predetermined one of the control switches 13 (steps # 201 and # 202), and when the work is lifted to a position shallower than a predetermined depth by this shading operation. Stops the drive of the electric motor 10, operates the clutch mechanism C by driving the actuator, and lowers the roller 20 of the tool T by driving the actuator (steps # 203 to # 206). The fishing line 4 is paid out from the spool 5 in a state where the backlash is suppressed by the contact of the roller 20, and when the fishing line 4 reaches the depth of the shelf by this payout, the clutch mechanism C is engaged and the roller 20 is lifted to perform the crimping operation. It can be repeated (# 207 step to # 209 step). Flop).

By the way, the roller 20 of the tool T is provided with a fishing line 4 so as to prevent backlash even when a tackle is put in.
When the amount of feeding is less than a predetermined amount and the clutch mechanism C is disengaged, the roller 20 is automatically lowered to bring the roller 20 into contact with the fishing line 4.

[Other Embodiments] In addition to the above embodiments, the present invention is
For example, if the speed setting switch is configured so that its position can be freely changed with an electric actuator, and a light load is measured by the sensor when the fishing line is wound, the switch is operated by driving this actuator to increase the driving speed of the electric motor. In addition, in order to adjust the drive speed of the electric motor, the voltage of the electric power supplied by the electric motor may be adjusted.

Further, according to the present invention, the speed at which the fishing line is wound can be set in three steps or more, or in two steps, and as a sensor for measuring the load acting on the electric motor, the fishing line is brought into contact with the fishing line. It is also possible to use a structure that performs an operation based on a mechanical displacement amount, such as a structure for obtaining the tension of the.

It should be noted that reference numerals are given in the claims for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configurations of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram of a control system.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a motor drive routine.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an automatic scraping routine.

FIG. 4 is an overall plan view of an electric reel

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional side view of the electric reel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 rotating body 10 electric motor 14 speed change means 16 control means S sensor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electric motor (10) for driving a rotating body (5) for winding a fishing line, a speed change means (14) for adjusting a drive speed of the electric motor (10), and the electric motor. A sensor (S) for measuring a load acting on (10) is provided, and when a load equal to or less than a preset value is measured when the electric motor (10) is driven, the set speed of the speed change means (14) is determined by The electric motor (1
0) An electric reel comprising a control means (16) for driving.